Chapter 7

pādmasaṃhitāyām |
saptamo'dhyāyaḥ |
brahmaprāpti sādhanajñānotpatti kāraṇa praśnaḥ |
brahmāḥ |
brahmaṇaḥ prāptyupāyasya jñānasyo tpattikāraṇam |
ucyatāṃ tadaśeṣeṇa prasādo mayi cettava || 1 ||
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tpāda |
śrībhagavān |
niṣkāmakarmabhirnirmalīkṛta cittasya brahmajñānotpattinirūpaṇam |
bāhyo parāgarahitaṃ nirmalaṃ tasya jāyate |
vijñānaṃ yasya bhagavatsamārādhana karmabhiḥ || 2 ||
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anādyavidyāvirayo yogaṅgaiśca yamādibhiḥ |
śaucamijyā tapaścaryā svādhyāyā bhyasanaṃ tathā || 3 ||
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idamardhaṃ kvacinna |
brahmācaryā mitāhāro maunamindriyanigrahaḥ |
ahiṃsā copavāsaśca snānaṃ tīrthaniṣevaṇam || 4 ||
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vairāgyaṃ putradā reṣu duṣṭāhāravivarjanam |
akrūratā vṛddhasevā kṣamā maityranṛśaṃsatā || 5 ||
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maityrādayastathā |
paradāraparasveṣu vai mukhyaṃ śāstrasevanam |
asaktatā bhogyavastuṣvtetai ścittaprasādhanaiḥ || 6 ||
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bhojanā dāvetai |
jñānaṃ pratyaṅmukhaṃ jātaṃ tena jānanti tatpadam |
yatprāpya na nivartanai janmamṛtyu vivarjitāḥ || 7 ||
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puruṣāḥ karmaniratā jñāna vijñānajanmani |
kathito heturiti madhunā kathayāmi caturmukha || 8 ||
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bandatvam |
śubhāśubhātmakaṃ karma kṛtvā māyāvaśaṃ gatāḥ |
bhogāyatanamāsthāya tattatkarma pravāhajam || 9 ||
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bhogāṅṇāṃ tanum. niyatendriyāḥ |
saṃsṛtissā caturvaktra tasyāḥ karmaiva kāraṇam || 10 ||
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yotvatandritāḥ |muktīrjñānādike tasyāssaṃsṛterātmano bhavet |
karmādhike puvassaiva jāyate niravagrahā || 11 ||
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dharmadhikaiḥ punartvevaṃ jāyate niravagrahaḥ |
saṃsārahetubhūtaṃ tatkarmajñānena naśyati |
kṣīṇe karmaṇi saṃsārahetau mukti ranantarā || 12 ||
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ranantaram |
kalpate saṃsṛtiḥ karmahetu ruktā viniścitā |
karoti karma cāvidyāvivaśaḥ puruṣassvayam || 13 ||
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karmarūpā heturvaniścitākarmaheturmuktā viniścitāiti ca pāṭhaḥ |
satvarajastamasāṃ śubhāśubhakarmahetutvam |
guṇā eva trayo vidyā samāsavyāsavṛttayaḥ |
taireva kurute karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vā śubham || 14 ||
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tenaiva |
taistribhirvividhā nidrā jāyate karmakāraṇam |
saiṣā'vidyā ca māyā ca kathyatekovidottamaiḥ || 15 ||
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satvātsukhamayī nidrā rajasaḥ karmasaṅkulā |
tamaso mohinīḥ nāma tābhirnigalitaḥ pumān || 16 ||
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saṃsā rato'vaśaḥ karma karoti janikāraṇam |
rādavaśa |
uktārthaprapañcanam |
satvādiguṇasaṃyuktaṃ mano bhūteṣu pañcasu || 17 ||
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prayuktaṃ pañcadhā bhinnaṃ prasūte bahudhā kriyāḥ |
manassatvaguṇopetaṃ pṛthivīsthaṃ yadā bhavet || 18 ||
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pravṛttam. pālanāya nṛṇāṃ tathā || 19 ||
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pālanaṃ vā. pālanāyām. tṛṇaṃtathā |
rajasisthe prāṇahiṃsāṃ mṛgayābuddhimeva ca |
tamasisthe tu hṛdaye cchedanaṃ bhedanaṃ tathā || 20 ||
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abhicāra vaśīkāra parasvaharaṇādikam |
satvasthe'psu jalakrīḍā jalapānaṃ caturmukha || 21 ||
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nadītanaraṇamityādi karoti vivaśaḥ pumān |
rajasā ca jaladroṇyāmavagāhū nivajjanam || 22 ||
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rajasisthe |
setubandhaṃ samudrādau bāhūbhyāṃ taraṇaṃ tathā |
tamasisthe tu manasi jalatīre vimocanam || 23 ||
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manasyapyu. vāpitale |
kūpe vā patanaṃ śvabhre karoti puruṣassadā |
manastejasi satvasthe sūryacaṃdrādi darśanam || 24 ||
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agnau tejasi. hṛditejapi |
paṭutvamuṣṇabhāvaśca ratna hemādi darśanam |
karoti rajasi prāpai khaḍgahastassamu tthitaḥ || 25 ||
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dyataḥ |
mṛgānhanti tathā muṣṭidaṇḍaiśca bhṛśatāḍanam |
tamasisthe manasyagnau raktapuppādiṣu spṛhā || 26 ||
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śvasanasthe guṇe satve śīghrayānaṃ ca nartanam |
gānaṃ pralāpanaṃ karma karoti rajasi sthite || 27 ||
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citte gajāśvarohādi tathordhvagamanādikam |
tamoguṇasthe manasi prāsādārohaṇādikam || 28 ||
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naro |
citte vyomani satvasthe nirābhāsaṃ nirāśrayam |
gamanaṃ rājase citte dhṛṣṭhaṃ jāgarti yatpunaḥ || 29 ||
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svāpe tadīkṣitaṃ sarvaṃ mānase tamasi sthite |
sarvadaṣṭha vadā tmāyaṃ sukhaduḥkhaṃ na budhyate || 30 ||
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jñānavarjītaḥ vaśaṅgataḥ |
karoti triguṇairyaktaḥ karmabhistaiḥ pumānayam || 31 ||
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vaśāsugaḥ |
saṃsāre pi gato janma nāśaṃ ca pratipadyate |
yadā prasādasumukhaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ || 32 ||
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patate |
tadā māyāvi muktaśca yogayukto jitendriyaḥ |
vijñānena paraṃ brahma prāpnoti sukhalakṣaṇam || 33 ||
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muktassan |
jīvasya guṇatraya yogāyogakāraṇanirūpaṇam |
brahmāḥ |
ebhirguṇai stathā yogo viyogo vā kathaṃ bhavet |
śrībhagavān |
puruṣasya guṇā ete trayopi kamalāsana || 34 ||
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māyāyoga viyogābhyāṃ bhavanti na bhavanti ca |
māyānapāyinī nityā mayi tiṣṭhati śāśvatī || 35 ||
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māyāvaśaṃgatāssarve bhramantya jñānamohitāḥ |
brahmāmayo pi kimuta devādyāḥ kamalāsana || 36 ||
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bhagavatprasādānmāyānivṛttiḥ |
matprasādāvasānā yā madadhīnā vinaśyati |
māyāyogena badhyante mucyantetāṃ jayantiyo || 37 ||
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prasādāteva sā māyā. prasādāteva māyāyāḥ iti ca kośā stare. prasādādeva sā māyā. iti kvacit. vedvi kāraṇaṃ tatra tanme brūhi yathātatham || 38 ||
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vidhiḥ |
śrībhagavān |
śraddhā bhaktissamādhiśca mayi samyaksamarpitā |
kāraṇaṃ śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā nānyathā bhavet || 39 ||
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sarveṣāṃ mokṣyamāṇānāṃ kāraṇa trayamīritam |
tairvinā saṃsarantyanye māyāpara vaśā janāḥ || 40 ||
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vaśaṅgatāḥ |
śraddhābhakti samādhīnāṃ viṣayaviśeṣanai yatyam |
mamāvatārarūpāṇi budhvā sṛṣṭāni manmukhāt |
adharmasyopaśāntyarthaṃ dharma kāma praṣṛddhaye || 41 ||
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adarmotthāna |
bahūni boddhaṃ yogyāni trayaṃ tatra samācaret |
sarvākāravinirmuktaṃ rūpaṃ yatparamātmanaḥ || 42 ||
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durvijñānaṃ tadeteṣāṃ śraddhādīnāmagocaram |
muktikāraṇamuddhaṣṭaṃ brahman bhūyaḥ kimiṣyate || 43 ||
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matsyādīnāmagocaram |muktikāraṇa mityuktam |
cetanā cetanayorabhinnakāraṇatva nirūpaṇam |
brahmāḥ |
acetanaṃ cetanaṃ ca rūpaṃ sraṣṭuṃ samīkṣyate |
kimekayoni ssā sṛṣṭi ryoni bhedaḥ kimetayoḥ || 44 ||
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śrībhagavān |
abhinnamekamavyaktaṃ rūpaṃ tatpara mātmanaḥ |
avibhaktaṃ vibhaktaṃ ca dadhni sarpiriva sthitam || 45 ||
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pūpeṇa paramātmanaḥ |
avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ kadācitpuruṣecchayā |
mahān jāta statovyaktādahaṅkārattato'jani || 46 ||
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āhaṅkārānmano jātaṃ tanmātrā pañcakaṃ tataḥ |
indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca samajāyata padmaja || 47 ||
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tanmātrapañcakaṃ jātamahaṅkarānmattataḥ |
mahābhūtaṃ pṛthivyādi pañcakaṃ tadana ntaram |
acetanāccetanācca sṛṣṭhirevamudāhṛtā || 48 ||
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guṇatrayavaśāduttamādhamamadyamabhāvotpattiḥ |
tribhirevaṃ guṇai retai ruttamādhamamadyamāḥ |
jāyanai kāraṇavaśāttānbhravīmi kramādaham || 49 ||
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teṣāṃ svarūpam |
bhāveṣu teṣu bhūyuṣṭhaṃ satvaṃ śreyāṃ ścaturmakha |
bhūyuṣṭharājaso madhyo jaghanyasta samādhikaḥ || 50 ||
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uttamasatvabhāvārcanāyāḥ bhogamokṣa sādhanasvam |
tatra satvādhikai rbhavai rarcanā mama toṣiṇī |
bhogo vāpyapavargo vā phalaṃ teṣāṃ yathepsitam || 51 ||
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narāṇāmamaraiṣiṇām |
rajastamobhāvayoḥ kṣayuphalatvam |
rajasādhikabhāvena yajante ye dvijātayaḥ |
teṣāṃ triviṣṭape vāsaḥ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇaḥ || 52 ||
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rajodhikena bhāvena. yajante tamasādhikāḥ |
uṣitvā narake ghore janma syājjaṅgamādiṣu || 54 ||
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yajanaṃ tamasādhikaiḥ |
bhagavadyājināmevāpuna rāvṛttilakṣaṇa pharāvāpiḥ |
gatvā gatvā nivarta nte yajña dharma parāyaṇāḥ |
advāpi na nivarta nte ye mamārādhane sthitāḥ || 55 ||
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karma |
ābrahmasadanāllokāḥ jāyane'gavasthitāḥ |
malloka vāsino bhūyassaṃsaranti na kutracit || 56 ||
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tasmādbhajasvamāṃ brahman satvabhāvasthitassadā |
āhāratraividhyam |
satvādi guṇayuktānā māhāra strividhaḥ smṛtaḥ |
snigthāśca madhurā hṛdyā stiṣṭhataḥ prathame guṇe || 57 ||
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māhārāstrīvidhāssmṛtāḥ |
kaṭvamlalavaṇaprāyā madyame tiṣṭataḥ priyāḥ |
rasahīnaṃ yātayāmaṃ pūtiganthaṃ ciroṣitam |
ucchiṣṭaṃ prītijananaṃ jaghanya guṇa vartinaḥ || 58 ||
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pi guṇe smṛtāḥ. sattvasthasyordhvagamanaṃ sthitarma dhye rajo'dhike |
adho gatistāmasānāṃ trividhānāṃ tridhā gatiḥ || 60 ||
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satvasya cordhva |
satyajñānādaya ssatvaniṣṭhasya guṇāḥ |
tatra satvaṃ narmalatvātpra kāśakamanāvṛtam |
satvaṃ jñānaṃ tapo maunaṃ dhṛtiśśaucaṃ śamaḥ kṣamā || 61 ||
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ityādayassatvaniṣṭhe guṇāḥ kalyāṇa kāriṇaḥ |
kāraṇāḥ |
ahaṅkārādayo rajoniṣṭhasya guṇāḥ |
ahaṅkāra stridhā darmaḥ krodho dambha itīritaḥ || 62 ||
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guṇā rajoguṇasyaite tāmasasya tu kathyate |
tathā darvaḥ | sambhave |
dehaṃ tyajantassatvasthā lokān yānti sanātanān || 66 ||
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sāgaresaṅkale |
rajasthsasya pralīnasya jasma mātraṃ mahākule |
pralaye tamasisthasya puruṣasya caturmukha || 67 ||
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karmasamākule |
mūḍhayoniṣu janma syānnikṛṣṭāsu punaḥ punaḥ |
tyajato'nte smṛtiryeṣu devasambhandhamātmanaḥ || 68 ||
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tyajata ssaṃsmṛtīḥnityatontesmṛtiryoṣu |
bhāveṣu taṃ tamāpnoti puruṣo bhāvanāvaśāt |
puṃsāmevaṃ bahuvidhāḥ gatayassamudāhṛtāḥ || 69 ||
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